{"id":35413,"date":"2019-01-03T07:49:50","date_gmt":"2019-01-03T11:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=35413"},"modified":"2019-01-03T07:49:50","modified_gmt":"2019-01-03T11:49:50","slug":"ultra-rare-dx-logging-radio-kahuzi-in-the-drc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/ultra-rare-dx-logging-radio-kahuzi-in-the-drc\/","title":{"rendered":"Ultra-Rare DX: Logging Radio Kahuzi in the DRC"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Robinson<\/a>, who shares the following guest post:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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In these days of declining activity on the shortwave bands, we don’t often enjoy the experience of hearing what we might still call “rare” stations. \u00a0The new year brought an exception.<\/p>\n

On January 1st, 2019 I was tuning around the 48 meter band, which is largely populated by European pirate stations, utilities, and weather stations, when I heard a station on 6,210.20 khz. \u00a0It was very distinct in that it sounded like an African station — music, with a male DJ\/MC and religious songs.<\/p>\n

What immediately came to mind was the religious station calling itself Radio Kahuzi, which is in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo.<\/p>\n

The station has been heard by DX’ers in a number of countries since the mid-2000’s and because it’s management is based in the U.S. it is possible to obtain a QSL verification.<\/a><\/p>\n

Radio Kahuzi also has Twitter<\/a> and Facebook<\/a> channels, making it easier to communicate with station managers and staff, and has this blog site: http:\/\/radiokahuzi.blogspot.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

As a You Tube video shows the station has been on the air since the early 1990s:<\/p>\n